Spaniel

On Ampersand pastel board, grey - 8 x 10, Fiber-Castell pastel pencils

I don't do many pastels, but wanted to play with some. It was fun!

Stipple Drawings

Just playing around...

Pug

You can't help to love a pug!

Scratchin' an Itch

I thought I had finished this little guy, but decided he was just not done yet. Fortuneately he wasn't spray sealed yet, so I worked on him again. Now I think he looks much better...definately fluffier!

Jaguar Cub

I've been busy since my last post. I entered the Spring show for the Hudson Artists. Put in 8 pieces and sold 6; plus 2 commissions! That was so encouraging, that I decided to get busy and start some new pieces.

I was viewing some photo's on Flickr and saw one that caught my eye. I contacted the photographer Tambako and requested permission to use his photo of a jaguar cub as reference. He was really nice about it and said okay. He also liked the final result.






Here is the cub when I finished scratching it ... and again after I added color.

Tigers

Decided to do something with more color than I'm used to. Here are some tigers, done in pastel on slate Ampersand board.

Something is brewing...

I have an idea for a new piece, just got to find the time to sit down and get it layed out...stay tuned!

February Blues

I'm really not a winter person. I like to see the snow fall when I'm indoors, but the cold winds really get to me. Good incentive to stay inside and do some art.

A few updates

I've been very bad at posting here. I had taken a bit of a break from scratching, but have started up again. Here are some of my most recent pieces...